#72BFA8#72BFA8

#72BFA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.084 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFA8
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 168)
HSL	hsl(162, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(162, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 12%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -29.20, 4.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 29.50, 171.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0835 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.084 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6354, 43.6639, 43.7465)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFA8 #BF7289

analogous

#72BF82 #72BFA8 #72B0BF

triadic

#72BFA8 #A872BF #BFA872

tetradic

#72BFA8 #8272BF #BF7289 #B0BF72

square

#72BFA8 #8272BF #BF7289 #B0BF72

split-complementary

#72BFA8 #BF72B0 #BF8272

monochromatic

#397E69 #4CA88C #72BFA8 #9CD2C2 #C6E5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#72BFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#72BFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFA8

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFA8	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB6A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AC0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.084 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed2c1',
    500: '#72bfa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfa8;
$custom-light: #9ed2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.078,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74802,
    "c": 0.08412,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFA8

secondary

#D5B8C0

accent

#5A7DCE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFA8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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